Vamlingbo

Vamlingbo

Vamlingbo church
Vamlingbo
Coordinates: 56°58′11″N 18°13′49″E / 56.96972°N 18.23028°E / 56.96972; 18.23028Coordinates: 56°58′11″N 18°13′49″E / 56.96972°N 18.23028°E / 56.96972; 18.23028
Country Sweden
Province Gotland
County Gotland County
Municipality Gotland Municipality
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website http://www.vamlingbosocken.se/

Vamlingbo is a small settlement situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden.

Community

Situated in the most southern part of Gotland, Vamlingbo has attracted several companies and industries.[1] The most noted is the textile company, Vamlingbolaget, founded in 1983[2] in the tradition of Swedish design collective "Mah-Jong", a noted brand during the 1960s and 1970s.[3]

The Holmhällar pension is south of Vamlingbo right on the sandy beach.[4] Vamlingbo Church is in Vamlingbo, one of the churches in Hoburgs parish.[5]

Some of the most iconic Viking jewelry on Gotland has been found at Vamlingbo. Many of these discoveries are fashioned from gold.[6]

One of the asteroids in the Asteroid belt, 9372 Vamlingbo, is named after this place.[7]

Farms

Farms at Vamlingbo.[8]

  • Anderse
  • Augstens
  • Austre
  • Bilds
  • Bjärges
  • Bonsarve
  • Bottarve
  • Fridarve
  • Frides
  • Gervalds
  • Hallvards
  • Hägvier
  • Kastelle
  • Kvarne
  • Kyrker
  • Lingsarve
  • Mickels
  • Nore
  • Petsarve
  • Prästgården
  • Rembs
  • Rofinds
  • Sibbjäns
  • Sigfride
  • Sigrajvs
  • Simunde
  • Sippmanne
  • Stenstugu
  • Storms
  • Svalstäde
  • Tume
  • Västlands
  • Ängvards

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Vamlingbo sockenförening". Website. Vamlingbosocken. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Om oss". Website. Vamlingbolaget. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. ↑ Hallström Bornold, Salka (2003). Det är rätt att göra uppror: Mah-Jong 1966-1976 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Modernista. ISBN 91-88748-56-1.
  4. ↑ "Pensionat Holmhällar". Website. Pensionat holmhällar. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hoburgs församling". Website. Svenska kyrkan. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sökresultat Vamlingbo". Website / data base. Historiska museet. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  7. ↑ JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 9372 Vamlingbo
  8. ↑ "Vamlingbo kyrka". www.guteinfo.se. Guteinfo.se. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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